Hilton - who was one of the victims of the robberies, as well as Lindsay Lohan and Orlando Bloom - made a cameo in the film and also allowed the burglary scenes to be filmed in her house, but said that seeing a reconstruction of the crimes upset her.

She told Vulture: "During some parts of it, I literally had tears in my eyes and I wanted to cry. I knew what happened with the burglaries, but I had never actually seen it.

"So watching it happen, I was like, 'Oh my God, this really happened to me. These kids were really in my house and did this to me'.

"It's so violating. It just made me really angry and upset, and when I see these kids I want to, like, slap them."

On opening her home to the film crew, she said: "I designed everything in the house, so it was really cool to see it on film.

"The only reason I agreed to do it at all is because it's Sofia. I have so much respect for her and I think she's an incredibly talented director. If it was anyone else doing this project, I would have said, 'No' or, 'You're not coming in my house', but I trust her. And the movie is amazing. It's so good."

The socialite said that seeing events from the gang's perspective in the movie had not made her feel any sympathy for the perpetrators but that she could see who the main ringleader was.

"I mostly blame the main girl. I don't know her name. But her," she said.